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sl8

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Sat May 12, 2018, 05:28 PM May 2018

A billionaire is opening a new mental health center in Colorado to treat veterans and their families

From https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/11/cohen-veterans-network-mental-health-center-greenwood-village/

A billionaire is opening a new mental health center in Colorado to treat veterans and their families

The Cohen Veterans Network clinic in Greenwood Village will partner with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

By JOHN INGOLD | jingold@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
May 11, 2018 at 7:44 pm

About half of U.S. military veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan don’t receive the mental health treatment they need, and the vast Veterans Health Administration system often doesn’t offer care for veterans’ families or for many veterans who were not honorably discharged.

So, on Monday, a new clinic funded by one of the nation’s wealthiest men and linked with the University of Colorado will officially open in Greenwood Village to help meet the need.

“I think we’ll be able to get folks in and get them the help they need when they’re motivated to seek it,” said Anthony Hassan, the CEO of the Cohen Veterans Network.

The Cohen Veterans Network is the charitable project of Steven A. Cohen, a former hedge fund titan who, with an estimated net worth of $11 billion, is ranked by Forbes as the 133rd-richest person in the world. In 2016 — at the urging of his son, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran — Cohen pledged $275 million to build a network of veterans clinics across the country.

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A billionaire is opening a new mental health center in Colorado to treat veterans and their families (Original Post) sl8 May 2018 OP
Thx for sharing! Reassuring to know there are still good people willing to share their good fortune Thekaspervote May 2018 #1
I wish he could influence others to do the same. BigmanPigman May 2018 #2
I would rather see universal healthcare treating people AJT May 2018 #3

AJT

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3. I would rather see universal healthcare treating people
Sat May 12, 2018, 05:48 PM
May 2018

with mental health issues, but until then it is nice to see someone stepping up to fill a current void.

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